Posted by Kyle Eller
Graces abound during the Jubilee Year of Mercy. On a recent visit to St. James School in Duluth, I had the privilege of celebrating an all school Mass prepared by the fifth graders. I also visited the classrooms for some Q&A, got an excellent tour from the principal and ... Read More »
Posted by Kyle Eller
In his document outlining his plan for the Year of Mercy, one initiative Pope Francis emphasized was something he called “24 Hours for the Lord,” a period of 24 straight hours of confession that he wanted to be held in every diocese in the world.
“So many people, including ... Read More »
Posted by Kyle Eller
Here are some of the area fish fries taking place at parishes in the Diocese of Duluth during Lent. February 12: Queen of Peace (Cloquet); St. Francis (Brainerd). February 19: St. John, St. Raphael (Duluth); St. Francis (Brainerd). February 26: Cathedral, St. Benedict, St. Raphael (Duluth); St. Francis (Brainerd). ... Read More »
Posted by Kyle Eller
As I wrote in the December edition of The Northern Cross, the Holy Year that Pope Francis called for 2016 is a pretty big deal. The tradition of Holy Years has been around for more than 700 years, and the fact that the current one is not in the ... Read More »
Posted by Kyle Eller
“Father Paul, or ‘Parson Larson,’ as we sometimes called him, was one of our diocesan characters,” said Father William Graham, in Father Paul J. Larson’s funeral homily at Blessed Sacrament Church in Hibbing Jan. 25. “Often, when Paul would speak or even just appear, one of us priests would ... Read More »
Posted by Kyle Eller
Woven into the fabric of this life’s Lent is the need for mercy. Always this is so, but Pope Francis is asking us to learn the meaning of mercy by tasting it. An example of lived mercy was the recent day of Prayer and Reparation for a Culture of ... Read More »
Posted by Kyle Eller
More than 1,000 "missionaries of mercy" from all over the world will receive a special mandate from Pope Francis to preach and teach about God's mercy, said Archbishop Rino Fisichella.
About 700 of the missionaries who were chosen by Pope Francis will be in Rome to receive their special ... Read More »
Posted by Kyle Eller
Free. The Holy Family was free. Unencumbered by what normally shackles us, they were free to leave everything in order to fulfill the will of God.
Meditate on the moves they were asked to make. They left the normalcy of life in Nazareth to go and register in Bethlehem, ... Read More »
Posted by Kyle Eller
Three upcoming events may have you wishing to mark your calendars and get a registration in: a Day of Fasting and Prayer in Reparation for a Culture of Violence on Jan. 22, the annual men’s conference on Feb. 13 and the annual women’s conference on Feb. 27. Day of ... Read More »
